Machine for sorting and counting paper money



"May 5, 1931. 1,803,624

MAGHINE r'oR` soRTING AND coUNTING PPER HONEY l f Y 1|- |H..U.|.. lf1.1.. M; o

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ATTORNEYS May 5,- 1931.

A. E. LARD HACHINE FOR SORTING`AND COUNTING PAPER HONEY Filed June 429,1926 8 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN ENTOR a Oula/MLM, @wie A'rroRNEys May 5, 1931.

l A.` E LARD MACHINE FOR SORTING AND COUNTING PAPER MONEYA Filed June29, 1926 8 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTORNEYS May 5, 1931. A. E. LARD 1,803,624

MACHINE FOR SORTING ND COUNTING PAPER HONEY Filed June 29, 1926 8Sheets-Sheet 4 wvwz f1 ATTORNEYS May 5, 1931. A. E. LARD I MACHINE FORSORTING AND COUNTING PAPER MONEY` Filed June 29, 1926 8 Sheets-Sheet 5MM M ATTORNEYS' May 5, 1931. A. E. LARD MACHINE FOR SORTING AND CONTING-PAPER HONEY Filed June 29, 1926 8 Sheets-Sheet 6 ATTORNEYS lMay1s,1931. A ELARD 1,803,624

MACHINE FOR SORTINGAND OUNTING PAPER` HONEY Filed June 29, 1926 8Sheets-Sheet 7` INVENTOR @114mg ,011ML f/Ywia M11/Lkw ATTORNEYS A. E.LARD May 5, 1931-.

MACHINE Fon soRTI'NG AND coUNTING PAPER uoNEY Filed Jun'e 29, 1926ATTORNEYS y Patented May 5, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALLAN E. LARD, 0F WASHDTGTON, DISTRIGI QF OOLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE FEDERAL y BILLlCOUNTER COMPANY, 0F WASHINGTON, DISTRICT QF COLUMBIA, A GORPOBA.-

TION OF DELAWARE Application filed June 29,

This invention relates to machines for sorting and counting paper moneyand particularly to such machines of the general type shownin U..S.Letters Patent 1,159,826 of Nov. 9, 1915, to J. P. Buckley and 1,328,-263 of Jan. 20, 1920, to J: P. Buckley and A. E. Lard.

In banking Aestablishments it is desirable that the paper money handledbe assorted and arranged in packages or bundles of a predeterminednumber of bills. Generally one hundred bills are stacked together andbound by a strap of paper, the strap carr ing a notation of the sum ofmoney in t e stack and an identification of the person4 responsiblefor'the assembling and counting of the stack. Such a stack is commonlydesignated a stra Paper money received by banks in pac ages or strapsmust be assorted and also accurately counted to check the correctness ofthe amount represented to be in each package by the notation on itsstrap; this is called verifying the strap. Paper money received in looseor unstrapped condition must also be accurately assortedl and countedinto stacks and each stack strapped with a notation on the strap of theamount in the strap and of` the person responsible for the counting. By

such counting of either unstrapped bills orstrapped' bills, or both,thetotal amount or sum of paper money handled is ascertained andverified. The sorting of paper money into packages or straps usuallyputs in each strap only bills of the same denomination. Sometimes thereis a further differentiation on the sorting between lit and unfit .billsSome banking institutions require still lfurther sorting into classessuch as legal, silver, Federal Reservev Bank notes, fit 'and unfit, etc.The performance entirely by hand of such Work of assorting and countingpaper money requires' assorting and counting, as separate operations andinvolves much time and is correspondingly expensive. To reduce theexpensey and avoid the errors found to be inevitable in suchhandcounting and assorting of paper money, it has heretofore been 1926.vSerialvN'o, 119,411. I

proposed to provide machines for doingY that A general object of thepresent invention is the provision of means by the use of which papermoney 'may be assorted and counted with maximum accuracy, at maxiY mumspeed consistent with such accuracy, and with minimum expense of timeand labor by a person` entrusted with the work fromthe time the money isdelivered to said person until it leaves his or her custody counted,assorted when that is desirable or necessary, and strapped in packageswith each strap bearing a notation of the amount in its package .and ofthe identity of the person responsible for the counting.

Further obj ects, more or less related to the aforesaid general object,are the provision, in conjunction or associatiolf with paper moneyassorting and counting mechanism, of means which will facilitate andexpedite to the approximate maximum the handling and the convenient andreadily accessible temporary storage or` filing of the pa'per money,from the time it is received by the person entrusted with the countingthereof until it leaves the custody of said person duly counted andstrapped in packages; and the combining of such associated-means andassorting and counting mechanism in a single or anization, or what maybetermed an insta ation unit, capable of being furnished, marketed and.installed as such in i.

t is the provision of means lock such compartments of the unit` as may'contain paper money either awaiting assorting and counting, alreadyassorted and counted, or both.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improvedpaper -money aorting and counting machine cainbefore enumerated patentswherein there liis `.directly from t are a plurality of compartments forthe different assortments of'bills respectively, and to each comartmen't a pair of feeding and countin rollers to which the bills arefed b han one by one, each bill being automatically counted by itspassage between the rollers.

Further objects of the present invention are the rovision, in anassorting and counti mac ine andparticularly in such a machine of thetypeabove named, of new and improved means for automaticall` stoppingthe feed rollers, and particularly or so stoping said rollers after apredetermined number of bills have been fed into any one of the severalcom artments for receiving bills lle rollers; of manual y operable meansfor releasing the aforesaid automatic roller stopping means; of meansfor assuring the flow of electric current botween the upper and lowerfeed rollers when no bill is passing between the latter, andparticularly the provision for that purpose of a yielding contact soconstructed and mounted as not to impede or interfere with the passageof bills between Vthe rollers and between said yielding contact and itscooperating contact; of manually operable means for insuring disenagement or release of the brake members a terA the same have,

been automatically engaged to arrest rotation of the feed rollers; ofmanually operable starting means (such as an electric switch having twoon positions) adapted to put the machine in operation with the countersthereof inoperative, a condition desirable in testing and adjusting orto put the machine in operation with the counters operative," that beingV.the normal working condition; of new and improved means insuring thedelivery of bills from the feedrollers into thel compartments in suchcondition that the bills will be smoothly stacked without bends or foldstherein whether they be old and flimsy or new and relatively stiff, andparticularly the provision of such means including lower feed rollers soformed as to imparta trough-shape to bills passin thereover; of new andimproved means or controlling the flow of electric current whichactuates the counters or registers and the upper money supportingshelves or iiaps,

whereby said parts will operate accurately and reliably at high speed;of new and improved means, closures, or guards, located at the exitsfrom the several compartments and showing of the countin -vand assortingmachine for preventing bil introduced into said comartments fromaccidentally passing or falling out of the same, said means bein soconstructed as to be readily displaceab e to positions leaving saidexits unobstructed for the withdrawal of bills from the compartments,the guards or closures for the upper compartments bein preferably soconstructed as to provlde air exit openings adapted to coact with otherair exit openings in the walls of the compartments to equalize the airpressure under falling bills and thereby assure regular and evenstacking, andthe guards for the lower compartments being preferablyflexible guards, such as chains, hanging from the guards or closures ofthe upper com artments and thus assisting in holding sai last-nameduards in and returning them to their norma positions.

. The aforesaid and other objects and advantages are attained by thepresent invention as will be more fully understood by reference to theaccompanying drawin s illustrating what is at present regarde as thepreferred mechanical embodiment of the invention. In said drawings- Fi lshows in side elevation a complete insta lation unit; l

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the complete insta lation unit s own inFig. l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective of a portion of the front ofthe counting mechanism;

. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through a portion ofthe countingmechanism with some parts shown in elevation;

Fi 5 and 6 are detail views of an electrica contact member adapted tocomplete n electrical circuit by its engagement with one ofthe mone-feeding rollers;

Fig. 7 is4 a etail' perspective view of a pair of the feed-rollers andassociated parts a piece of paper money being fed between and by'saidrollers; l l

. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view showing the lower hingedmoney-supporting shelves or flaps and the manually operable means forswinging' said shelves'downward to drop money from the shelves intospaces or compartments beneath the same; l

Fig. 9 is.a perspective 'view of a register or counter, there being onesuch counter to each pair of feeding and countin rollers;

Figs. 10, 11, and 11a, are detallfviews of the counter shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 12l is adetail view showing la modified construction' of partsofthe counter f-Figs. 9 and 10; l

Fig. 13 (Sheet 1) is a detail sectional view of one type of clutch whichmay b'e 'employed in rotating the money-feeding rollers;

Fig. 14is a diagrammatic viewof the electrical circuits and variousparts of the mechanism to which said'circuits are connected. Forsimplification of illustration this view shows only two pairs ofmoney-feeding rollers and their corresponding counters and electrical aparatus,l whereas the showing of Fig. 2 calls or six such pairslofrollers with corresponding counters and electrical apparatus;

Fig. is a perspective View including a l0 showing of a modifiedembodiment of the inventionwith respect to a portion Vof the mechanism;and Fig. 16 is a detail perspective View of a portion of the frontV oftheV machine and l5 showing means for locking the lower moneysupportingshelves or flaps in their horizontal or elevated positions. The unitinstallation provided by this in- .vention includes paper moneyassorting and counting mechanism shown at'the right in Figs. 1 and 2, awork-table shown at the left in said figures and arranged back to backwith said meehanism, and a paper money storage or filing case positionedabove and adapted to be moved, preferably rotated, to face its open sidetoward either said mechanism or said table.

The assorting and counting mechanism will first be described. It hassupporting legs 1, two of which appear in Fig. 1, a

cabinet above the legs, and bill-feeding and counting mechanism at thetop portion of said cabinet. The cabinet is closed at its bottom, has aback-wall 2 and end-walls 3, 3 and is o en at its top and also at itsfront except or closure means at the front presently described. Equallyspaced verticalV parallel partitions 4 divide the interior of thecabinet into spaces each of which is horizontally divided by a pair ofhinged shelves, shutters, or flaps, 5, 5 into two compartments, thelower preferably-deeper than than the upper. In the particularVembodiment shown in Fig. 1, there aresix such up.- per compartments andimmediatelybeneath themfsix lower compartments, witha pair of` the flaps5, 5 between each upper compartf `ment and its corres ending lowercompartment. 5o partments may be employed. Means are provided fornormally maintaining the Vflaps 5 in horizontal bill-supporting positionand for swinging them downward on their horizontal pivot rods 5a (Fig.8) to drop or 55 discharge bills into the lowervcompartments 7. A sleeve8, rigidly secured to the rear end of each pivot rod 5a, has a airofarms 8a projecting therefrom'at 'riglit angles to the axis of said pivot. A shaft 9, supported 6o iii .brackets 10 mounted at convenientpoints on the'fr'ame, extends transversely of the machine and closelyadjacent to the arms-8a -substantially in thehorizont-al planeof thepivots 5a. A series of fingers 11 are carried 5 by the. rod 9 inpositions to extend into the Any other esired number of eomlower arm 13and atv its opposite end anchored at a suitable point on the frame.Normally the spring 15 acts through the bell-crank lever, shaft 9,fingers 11, and arms 8a, to maintain the flaps 5 in a horizontalposition. lf itis desired to discharge bills from the upper compartments6 into the lower'compartments 7the operator manually pulls red 14 towardthe right, as viewed in Fig. 8, whereupon all of the flaps 5 are Aspring `15 is attached at one end to the swung' downward in unison abouttheir pivots 5a to a 'substantially vertical position,

whereupon the bills may fall by gravity into the lower compartments 7Spring 15 repull upon rod 14 is released.

The means for feeding bills'into each of the upper compartments 6include a pair of feed-rollers, one pair for each compartment, and meansare provided for facilitating the feeding of the bills to the rollers.

lbelow the bottoms thereof, is a rotatably mounted shaft 17 whichcarries a plurality of lower feed-rollers 18 so spaced along shaft 17 asto position one roller directly in front of'each compartment 6.

Dii'iculty has heretofore been encountered in feeding old or iimsy billsinto counting machines because of a tendency of the forward ends of suchbills to droop and fold or double up after passing the feed-rollers,thereby preventing proper stacking of the bills. Y To overcome suchdifficulty, the lower feed rollers 18 are preferably formed in such amanner'as'to presenta substantially concave surface to the bills,whereby their long sides are bent upwardly and a certain amount oflongitudinal rigidity thus given cach bill. Each of the lowerfeed-rollers is preferably formed in three sections all rigidly attachedto shaft 17. As shown, the center section 18a is constituted byacylindrical sleevewand the two end sections 181)' are suhstantiallyfrusto-eonieal in shape, the small end of each of the cone-shapedportions being in abutting engage-ment with the o poturnsthe flaps o tonormal position when sus` Each upper roller 19 normally has directengagement with the central portion 18a. of theA corresponding lowerfeed-rollers and is preferably lof less width than said sleeve portion18a.

Suitable means are provided for driving the lower feed-rollers at a highrate of speed, the upper rollers 19 being preferably driven by theirperipheral engagement with the lower rollers. `For this purpose there isemployed an electric motor 20 which isl preferably provided with asuitable speed regulator, and which is preferably mounted on and carriedby the frame beneath the-lower compartments 7. Any suitable drive may beinterposed between the motor 20 and the shaft17. In the form shown, themotor has a pulley 21. (Fig. 14) engaged by suitable be ting 22which\also passes over a pulley 23 mounted on one end of shaft 17.

In certain instances, for example, to stop the passage of more than onebill at a time through the rollers. it is desirable to stop the rotationof the lower feed-rollers 18 without stopping the motor 20. For thatpurpose a clutch, preferably a friction-clutch (Fig. 13) is interposedbetween pulley 23 and shaft 17, said clutch being adapted to readilyslip when overloaded as when there is an application ofthe brakehereinafter described. In the form shown, the frictionclutch includes aflanged sleeve 24 which is floated on shaft 17 and rigidly attached byscrews 25 to the pulley 23. The flange of sleeve 24 is yieldinglymaintained by a coilspring in driving engagement with a plurality ofballs 27, which are carried in a housing 28 rigidly secured to shaft' 17by means of a pin 29. Spring 30 is retained on the end of shaft 17inabutting. engagement with the pulley and sleeve by means of nut 31. Anyother suitable form of friction-clutch may be employed in place of the fone illustrated and described.

Adjustable means are provided for mounting the upper feed-rollers 19whereby a sinanu on the rear edge of which bar a yokeshaped frame 34'issecured by a bolt 33, said frame including a pair of arms 34a (Fig. 7).Frame 34 is insulated from the machine frame as clearly shown Vin Fig.4. Pivotally secured to frame member 34, by a pivotp member 35 extendingthrough arms 34a, is a bearing block 36 provided with a rearwardlyextending arm 36a which engages the pivot 35, and also provided withapair of downwardly extending arms 36?). An axle 37 is rotatably mountedin the arms 3612, and has upper feed-roller 19 rigidly attached theretointermediate saidarms. 38 (Fig. 7) is secured to each'of arms 36a forlubrication of the journal of axle 37 in A bearing-seat 39 in the uppervA suitable opening 32a is provi ed in the frame-bar 32 to permit freepassage of pin An oil-cup 40.- Preferably the adjusting screw 41 1sprovided with a knurled Ihead '41a by which it maybe adjusted todetermine the thickness of paper money that may be passed between theroller 19 and its cooperating roller ,18 without actuating the.

hereinafter described brake mechanism to stop rotation of all of the Ifeed rollers. The desired adjustment leaves slight play or freedomof pin40 between its top and bottom seats, just suicient to permit roller 19to be Alifted' the thickness of one bill without imparting upwardmovement to pin 40 sullicient to rotate shaft 43, but at the same 4timethe adjustment is such that the introduction between the rollers of twosuperposed bills will impart \up ward movement to pin 40 suliicient torotate shaft 43 in a manner to bring aboutactuation of the brakelmechanism to stop rotation of all of thev feed rollers.' A suitablespring 44, mounted on the pivot 35 with its free ends bearing upon theupper surface of the block 36, serves to yieldmgly maintain an upperroller in light engagement with lower roller 18 exce t when a bill isbeing fed between the ro 1ers. The shaft 43 is rotatably mounted inbrackets 45 (Fig. 4) which may be formed on or secured to the bar 32. Inorder that any excessive upward movement of roller 19 relative to roller18, such for example as is imported t'o the roller 19 when twosuperposed `bills are simultaneousl fed between .the rollers, willresult in t e stoppage of the feed-rollers. The shaft 43 is providedwith means for bringing about actuation of brake mechanism for stoppingthe rotation of shaft 17 carrying lower feed-rollers 18. Secured to oneend of the shaft 43 is a two-part lever constituted by members 46 and 47(Figs. 3 and 4). Member 46, which may be provided on its front or outerend with a depending counterweight portion 46a, has at its inner end anupwardly-extending arm 46.71 to which the member 47 is pivoted. Asuitable spring 48 yieldingly draws the forward end of member 47downward into engagement with the upper edge of member 46. The rearwardend of lncmbcr 47 is provided with a contact 49 adapted to engage acontact 50 vfor closing an electric circuit through an electromagnet 51;Fulcrumed at a suitable point 52 on the frame of the machine is abrakelever 53 provided on its outer arcuate end with a brake-shoe 54adapted to engage the grooved periphery of a brake-drum 55. Thebrake-shoe'is normally maintained out of engagement with the brake-drumby a coil-spring 56 attached to the inner end of the lever 53 and at itsother end anchored topa suitable part of the frame. The upward movementof the brake lever 53 is vlimited by a stop screw 57 adjustable in anopening through a block of insulating material 57a (Figs. 3 and 4). Inthe normal position of the two-part lever 46-47 the inner end of the ppart 46 thereof rests by gravity against'the upper surface vof the block57 a, as bestfshown 2 3 in Fig. 4, with the Contact 49 on the rear- 4Qhence of all of the feed-rollers.

j of the lever-'part'47 to be lifted from its conward or inner end ofpart 47 out of engagement with its cooperating contact 50. lThe passageof 'a single bill between the rollers 18 and 19 resultsin upwardmovement of roller 19 a distance equal to the thickness of the bill;this, according to the adjustment before described, does not move thepin 40 upward suicient to rotate shaft 43 andim- -part upward movementto the two-'part levei ly or inadvertentlyl feed twoA superposed billsbetween the feed-rollers, the pin 40 will be moved upward sufficient torotate the shaft 43 enough to thereby lift the two-part lever and engageits contact 49 with contact 50, thus closing a circuit which willenergize the electromagnet 51, which in turn' will draw down the lever53, engage its brake-shoe 54 with the brake ydrum 55, and thereby stoprotation of the sha'l't 17 and the spring 48 will permit the'forward endtact with 'the upper vedge. of part- V46 and thereby accommodate theextra upwardmovement of the parts. :Under' such conditions thetension'ofspring 48 will be added 'to that of spring 44 in pressing theroller 19 against the superposed bills interposed between said rollerand its cooperating'rolle'r 18.

` 46-47. But should the operator accidental- Y It is not the rollerswill result, because in that event For releasing the brake, after it hasbeen applied by two or more superposed bills in the manner justdescribed, and thus permitting the feed rollers to resume rotation,manually operable means are provided in'conjunction with the two-partlever 464-47 for further actuating the same to disengage the contact 49from contact 50 to thereby deenergize the brake magnet 51 and forthereafter also lifting the brake-shoe v54 out of 'engagement with thegrooves of brake-drum .55 to insure disengagement of these brake partsin case the tension of spring -56 should be -insucient for that purpose.While the tension of spring 56 should be sufficient to hold the lever 53elevated against its stop screw 57, it, is not desirableto use a morepowerful spring because that wouldvnecessi-4 tate the useof a morepowerful magnet to f draw the 'lever down against the tension of thespring. Henceit may sometimes happen that upon deenergization of thebrake magnet 51 the grip of the brake-shoe in the groove yof thebrake-drum will resist the lifting power of the spring 56 upon thelever53. The aforesaid manual "lifting of the brake-shoe out of engagementwith its drum rollers when all lis in readiness to Acontinue countingandsorting of the paper money. As shown in the drawin the manuallyoperable means consists o a push-member or key 59 secured toandprojecting forward from the counter-weiV ht portionA 46a of the lever46. Assuming Et at two or more superposed bills have passed part waybetween two feed rollers, thereby closing the'contacts 49 and 50,energizing magnet `51, applying the brake and thus stopping rotation ofall feed.ro]lers-thus warned of eov yprovides against such contingencyand in. v Asures resumption of rotation of the feed an abnormalcondition requiring correction,

theoperator will grip with her-right hand the inner -end of thesuperposed bills where they project jbeyond the rollers and then withher leftyhand press inward upon key or push-member 59 thereby rotatingshaft .43 and imparting further upward movement to the two-part lever446,47. Such rotation of shaft 43 lifts -rock-arms 42 'and the adjustingscrews 41a` in .their enga ement with the upper ends of p ins 4() and tus relieves any pressure that spring 48 may have been exerting throughone of said pins 40 and corresponding roller 19 upon the two .superposedbills' engaged said roller. In

other wordsfthe added pressure of spring 48 is removed leaving only thenormal pres- .'sure of spring' 44 pressing roller 19 into contact withvthe two superposed bills and thereby avoiding excess pressure andwedging which-might interfere with' the further operation of themechanism. The rst part of the said further upward movement of thetwo-part lever 46-47 causes the inner end 150 ber 58a, thereb the latterpart of said movement of the cause at the high speed at whichtherollers' two-part lever brings a lug 46c on lever part 46 intoengagement with the end of a screw 53?; adjustably carried by an arm 53aof brake-lever 53, and lifts said brake-lever andsthereby disengagesits' shoe fromV the groove of the brake-drum 55, should it so happenthat` said lever has not been already lifted by its spring 56 immeditelyupon the deenergization of the brake-magnet 51.

The brake having thus been released by the actuation of push member 59,the feed rollers immediately resume rotation and complete .the feedingof the superposed bills still gripped by the right hand of the operator.-After noting how many superposed bills there are, say two, the operatordrops the upper one into the compartment to correspond to the count ofone that has been added on the register by the passage of the billsbetween the rollers, and then feeds the .other bill between the rollersof the compartment towhich it belongs by the sorting to register a countof it.

While, as above noted, the mechanism is susceptible of being adjusted tostop all of the feed rollers by the introduction of two superposed billsbetween any pair of the feed rollers, .nevertheless under suchconditions of adjustment a bill folded iback upon itself at a corner orend will not actuate the brake andv stop the feed-rollers be# rotate thetwo thickness portion of the bill will pass between the rollers beforethe brake can act to stop the rollers. 7

If desired, the apparatus may embody means for automatically stoppingthe driving motor at the same time the eed-rollers are stopped.. Forexample, the brake-arm 53 may be provided 'w1th acontact 53a (Fig. 15)adapted to engage a-contact 53d' mounted at a suitable point on theframe of the machine. As pointed out, above, the brake-arm 53 normallyoccupies a raised position with. the lbrake-,shoe 54 disengaged from thedrum 55, and when said brake arm is in that position contact 53a hasengagement with contact 53d to complete a circuit 20w through the motor20. When solenoid 51 isI energized andarm53 is moved down-` .wardly toengage the brake-shoe 54 with the brake-drum 5,5, contacts 53o and 53dare separated andthe circuit 20a'to the motor 20 is opened, therebystopping said motor. Disengagement p of the brake-shoe from the drum, inthe manner hereinbefore pointed out, closes the contacts 'o'and 53d andagain lstarts'fthe motor.

the `various compartments means are fprovided for cooperating with theconcave lower rollers 18 to prevent folding or bending of the forward oradvancing end of each bill asvit is fed into a compartment. For thispurpose each of the upper compartments is provided with a pair ofswinging shutters or flaps 60, carriedby pivots 60a rotatably supportedon. the frame of the machine in substantially the same horizontal planeas the bottom of the feed-plates 16. Associated with said iiaps aremeans for swinging them downwardly about pivots 60a to a substantiallyvertical position to permit a bill supported by said flaps to fall bygravity into a compartment 6. Preferably electrlcallythe motor 20.Simultaneously current iows through lead 65 and a suitable number ofcontact points 66 to shaft 17 and lower feedrollers 18. Fromfeed-rollers 18 the current iows upwardly through upper feed-rollers 19normally in engagement therewith, and thence through lead 67, andcorresponding leads, such as 67a, to the coils of a plurality ofsolenoids 68, respectively, one solenoid being provided for each of theupper compartments. Or preferably the current should flow in the reversedirection so as to pass from the upper feed-rollers 19 to the lowerfeed-rollers 18. Fig. 14 shows only the feed-rollers, electricapparatus, and electric cir uit connections, for the lirst and lastcompar ents, breaks' in the circuit conductors indicating whereomissions have been made of the electric apparatus for intermediatecompartments. As soon as the coils 68 are energized 4Jthe pivotedarmatures 69 are drawn downwardly against the tension of 'springs 70(see also Fig. 15). The rear ends of the pivots 60a of each pairof aps60 are operatively connected together and to the armatures 69 .by meansof suitable linkage, .A right angle member 124 (Fig.- 15) 1s rigidlymounted on the pivot member 60a of one of a pair` of the flaps 60." vThe`por tion of the member 124 which extends at rlght angles to thelongitudinal axis of pivot member 60a passes underneath a pin 125carried on the endof the armature 69, engagement between these partsbeing maintained by the spring 7Q which is suitably secured ,to themember 124 and acts through the latis a lever 127 which is pivotallyconnected to a link 128 that extends transversely of the uppercompartment in the rear thereof, and has pivotal engagement at itsopposite end with a lever 129 which is rigidly attached ,to the pivot60a of the other flap 60 of the pair. When the solenoid 68 is energizedarmature 69 is drawn downwardly against the tension of spring 70 and theflaps are moved through levers 127, 129, and link 128 to a verticalposition. When the circuit is broken through the coils of the solenoid68 spring 70 acts through member 124 to return the armature 69 to normalraised position and through the pair of levers and the link 128 returnsthe flaps 60 to their raised position which may be at an angle ofapproximately 45 'orthereabouts to the horizontal.

When a bill is fed between a pair of rollers 18, 19 the rollers areseparated, brealng the electric circuit which includes the coils of thesolenoids 68 associated with the particular rollers between which thebill is passing. The corresponding armature 69 is thereby released andspring 70 swings the flaps 60 upwardly through an 'angle ofapproximately 45 to 60 and the forward portion of the bill ras it passesthrough the rollers is supported by said flaps. s therear end of thebill leaves the rollers, the circuit to the solenoids 68 is againestablished, the armature 69 is drawn downwardly, the flaps 60 arereturned to a vertical position, and

the bills fall by gravity into the upper compartment 6, the bottom of4which is constituted by a pair of flaps 5, 5, as before described.

It is desirable that each bill be counted as it passes into acompartmentl and that the total number of bills passed into the variouscompartments be counted. For this purpose each compartment is preferablyprovlded with an electrically-actuated counter or register 71 (Figs. 9,10 and 14), and associated therewith is a totalizer or a mastercounter72, common to all of the counters 71.

Preferably the compartment counters 71 are,

mounted on` a portion 73 `of the machine frame above and in the rear ofthe upper compartments 6 (Figs. i1, 2A and 3) and the totalizer 72 ispreferably mounted on the upper right hand side of the machine (Figs. 1and 2). Each of the solenoids 68 is provided with a small armature 74`(Figs. 14 and 15) which constitutes one of. apair of controls for theflow of current through the associated counter 71 and totalizer i 72.When the switch 61 is turned to its first on position, the current Howsthrough lead 63,

lead 75, a bar 76, a contact 76a, armature 74, and a lead 77 to thewindings of the counter 71 and totalizer 72. These windings are notenergized, however, since the circuit to the same is open at switch 61,no contact being established at this time at said switch with -the lead77. Simultaneously with said flow of current through leads 63, 75, etc.,the current ilows through leadi65, rollers 18, 19, lead 67, to thewindings of the/solenoid 68 energizing the latter and drawingA armatures69 and .74 downwardl breaking the circuit between' armatures 74 andcontacts 76m. The two controls for the vcounter 71 andtotalizer 72 areconstituted by switch 61 and armature 74 at each of which the returncircuit 77 through said counters and totalizer is broken when saidswitch is in its first on position. Use of the smaller and quick actingarmature 74, in

addition to the larger armature 69 which actuates the flaps or shutters,and controlling the actuation of the corresponding counter 71 andtotalizer 72 by said armature 74, assures reliable and accurate countingat high speed.

Before starting the machine upon regular work, and from time to timethereafter during the progress of regular work, it is desirable to makeadjustments and also tests of the mechanism. Such tests involve thcfeeding of bills between the feed-rollers, as in the case, for example,of attaining the desired adjustment to exclude the passage of more thanone bill at a time. With the counters in operation such feeding of billsbetween the rollers would actuate the counters, thus requiring that theybe reset to where they were or allowance or correction otherwise madefor the counting during testing. To eliminate the chance of errors bysuch resetting the counters, or errors from forgetting to reset thecounters, or in otherwise allowing for such counting during testing, itis desirable to put the counters out of operation during such testing oradjusting. The aforesaid first on osition of the switch 61 attains thisand ot erwise provides the desired` conditions in that it sets thefeedrollers in operation and renders the machanlsm operative with theexception of the counters, no current being made available for actuatingthereof. Thus, bills may be fed between the pairs of feed-rollers andthe `mechanism otherwise tested and adjusted without disturbing thecounters, whether Lthey'stalndv at zeroor indicate the results ofassorting and counting already in progress and unfinished.

,After testing and adjusting with switch 61 in-itsfirst .on position,the operator turns y. said switch to its second on position, there- -byclosing the return circuit. 77 at said switch; but since armature 74 hasbeen drawn downwardly `by 'solenoid 68 the circuit through the countersand totalizer isl still open at said armature. Such an arrangement isfound desirable due to the fact that if the return circuit 77 is. notbroken at switch 61 at the' time current is supplied to leads 65 and 62,said current may ilow through the armature 74 and the coils of thecounter and totalizer, thereby prematurely actuating said counter andtotalizer prior to the passage of a bill between the feed rollers. If,when switch 61 is in its second on position and armature 74 is down, a'bill is passed between any pair of .rollers 18, 19, the solenoid 68associated with said pair of rollers will be deenergized in a mannerbefore described, whereupon a spring 78 moves armature r74 intoengagement with contact 76a, closingthe circuit through the counter 71associated with the particular compartment into which the bill passesand also through the totalizer 72. The closing of the circuit throughthe counter v and totalizer actuates these members and the bill iscounted in a manner to be hereinafter described.

Various types of counters may be employed in the'present machine, butreferably said counters are of the mavnetic type and embody meansforstopping the rotation of the feed-rollers after a predeterminednumber ofbills have been fed into anyone compartment. Preferably thepredetermined number is one hundred. In the form shown, the totalizer 72is of substantially the same construction as the counters 71 but docsnot -embody means for stopping the feed-rollers. Referring to Figs. 9,10, 11 and 11a, each of the counters 71 comprises an actuatingelectromagnet including the usual windings energizing poles 79, 79between which p'oles an oscillatory armature 80 is rotatably mounted'and adapted -to be oscillated in clockwise direction by energizationofthe poles and to be oscillated in reverse. direcnet also results inrotationA of the usual f tio`n back to normal positi'onby means of aspring (not shown), all as is well understood in the art. Actuation of'armature 80 by passage of current .through the electromagnumeral-wheels81 and 82. A manuallyo erable member 83 is provided for setting t enumeral wheels to zero position. Asso# ciated with and lixedlyconnectedto the tens wheel 82 to rotate therewith, is a disk 84 providedwith a cam projection 84a which, upon a complete rotation of disk 84(that'is at the count of one hundred) en-v gages one end of rod A85 andVmoves it endwise. At its other end rod` 85 is rigidly securedtoan'upstanding arm of -a plateV 86o the latter having at its 'opposteendstwo ears 86b by which, said platepivots on a manually operable rod 87passing through said ears and cured'in one ear whereby endwise movementof rod 87 will be com/ -by separate Vthe bills alrea 'municated to plate86o and through it to rod 85 moving the latter sidewise. As best shownin Fig. 11a, the end'of rod 87 which passes through car 866 is reduced,forming on the rod a shoulder bearing against the inner surface of saidear, the tip end of the' 11) against plate 86e and at its right hand.

against plate 88a, the spring thus tending to move the rod 85 in thedirection opposite the arrow in Fig. 10, thereby normall holding it inengagement with the peri ery of disk 84; and the spring also tends toold ears 86?), 86b in engagement with ears 88, 88 espectivel ,thusopposing endwise movement .of'rod 8 An e ectric lead 89, which is incircuit with lead 75, lead 63, switch 61, and lead 62, conducts currentto the contact point 86a; and when the cam projection 84a, rotating inthe direction of the arrow, Fig. 10, engages and actuates rod 85endwise, said rod and the late 86e to whichit is attached arev rocked a'out rod 87 against the tension of spring 92 until the contact 86a isthereby moved into engagement with a coo erating contact point 90,whereby current 1s deliv' ered through leads 91, 91a, 916 (Figfll), to

energize the electromagnet 5,1, thereby actuating the brake-lever'53 andstopping rotation of all of the feed-rollers. e o r -ator notes theparticular counter 71 w ich has lthus reached `the count of one hundredand drops.into the' corresponding compartment on to'p of the billstherein a suitable separator, such as shown as w Fig 4, to theredycounted into that com -artment from others which are to follow. R'heseparators referably ap roximate the length and width of the bilE andmay be made of any suitable material such as' stiff cardboard. All isnow in readiness to 'restart the rotation of the feed-rollers and tocontinue the so'rtin and counting, it being recalled that .at t ecounter which has brought about the application of the brake the camprojection 84a stands against the rod85 holding contact 86a1in enga mentwith contact and thereby closing t e circuit which energizesthefbrakefmagnet 51.

To restart the machine the operator first grips and moves the rod 87toward the right, Figs. 10 and 11 (which would be toward the left in theposition in which the counter, is positioned'in 'the machine before theoperator), to deenergize the brake-magnet, and

An electric then actuates pusher 59 to insure moving the brake-shoe outof grip with the groove of the brake-drum in the manner beforedescribed. Said'movement of rod 87 compresses coil-spring 92 whichresists the movement. This movement of rod 87 also moves rod 85 sidewiseuntil it is disengaged from ca'm projection 84a; and by the action of sring 92 rod 85 is then moved endwise (Epposite the direction of thearrow Fig. 10) into contact with a concentric portion of the peripheryof disk 84 and at the same time pressed against the side of saidprojection 84a, all with the result of separating contacts 86m and 90.When the counter is further actuated moving cam projection 84a. awayfrom rod 87, the spring 92 will move said rod sidewise (toward the leftFig. 10) back to its normal position-.with its end in the path of saidcam projection, as shown in nother embodiment of the counter stopmechanism is illustrated in Fig. 12, wherein a disk 93, provided with acam Projection 93a, is rotated by the tens numeralwheel 82. A completerotation of disk 93 brings said cam projection 93a into action upon acontact 94 yieldin ly supported by a resilient member 95, there y movingcontact 94 into engagement with cooperating contact 90 and thuscompleting an electric circuit ywhichenergizes the brake solenoid, aplies the.

brake, and stops the feed-rollers. o restart the feed-rollers theoperator grips the handle or pin 96, which is rigid on the contact mem#ber 94, and moves the latter toward the right (Fig. 11) off the campro'ection 93a`,'the`reby permitting resilient mem er'95 to move contact94 away from contactl 95, and thus deenergizing the brake solenoid. l

Since the feed-rollers 1 8, 19 constitute, contacts for completing anelectric circuit,

- it is desirable that the peri heries ofthe same be maintained free of'rt and other impurities which adhere to the bank notes which are likelyto accumulate to such` and an extent, on. those portions of theperipheries of the rollers as makel contact with the paper money, as tovinsulate said peripheries. j Accordingly, means are provided formaintaining clean those portlons of -the surfaces of the rollerswhichmake contact with each otherziwhen no paper money.

is interposed. As-shown, a sleeve 97 (Figs. 4 and 7) is slipped over acoil-spring 98 which is secured at.V its o posite endsI toy thebearing-block 36, 'where y thesleeve 97 is yieldingly'pressed -against asmall body of steel wool 99 and the latter thus crowded into engagementwith periphery of wheel 19 with the cooperation of a bar 97a: mounted onblock 36. The central portion 18a of the lower feed roller is maintainedclean by means of steel wool 99 carried in a cup 100 e that is securedto an arm 101 which is pivotally connected as at 102 to a frame portion103. The bightV of Ka suitable spring 101e engages the arm101'andyieldingly maintains the steel wool' in engagement with theroller.

It may happen that the operator neglects to renew the steel wool afterit has become impregnated with foreign matter and thus incapable offurther cleaning. In such event of bills .into the machine and dp ssagethereof through the rollers. Accor gly, a yielding contact 104 issecured to the block 36 and is adapted to engage the lperiphery ofthelower feed-roller 18, one o'f said contacts being provided for each pairof rollers, As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the contact 104 comprises a rigidmember 104er having at its upper end an eye whereby it is securedby ascrew 105 to the block 36. rlhe lower end of member 104m is threaded toreceive a coilspring 1046 which carries 'on its' lower eX- tremity athreaded steel stud or contact tip 1040. The contact, and particularlyits tip, bears on the lower feed-roller 18 at a point which is notopposed by the upper roller 19 andhence is not likel to become cakedwith impurities. Due to the resiliency of spring 1046 the contact doesnot interfere with and readily yields to and is displaceable by thepassage of a bill between the pair of rollers.

If desired, the machine may be so constructed that it is-unnecessar toinclude the feed-rollers 18, 19 in,the e ectrical circuit employed foractuating or controlling the actuation of the counters. As illustratedin Fig. 15, each pair of rollers is provided with a two-part leveroperatively connected totheupper roller ofthe pair, whereby the passageof a bill between. the rollers will actuate said lever, due to themovement of said upper feed-roller, and close a circuit leading to theassociated counter 71. The use of the 46 and 47. Member 46 has twosubstantially right angle bends therein, and at its outer or front endis secured to the block or support '36l ofthe upper feed-roller. The

member or bar 47 is pivotally secured to ears 46a on the inner end ofmember 46. A spring 48 normally maintains theforward end of member 47 in'engagement withthe l' upper edge of member 46 in a manner similar tothat previously described in connection with the two-part leverl.t6-417. Suitably secured to the inner end of member 47 is a contact 49which is normally out of enl 6 gagement with a contact 50 mounted at apassed completely through the rollers, the

latter again move into engagement and theV circuit to the counter isagain broken at contacts 49', 50. Means are provided for preventingbills discharged from flaps 60 into the upper compartments 6, or fromflaps 5 into the lower compartment 7 from passing out of the compartmentand said means are so constructed that the air pressure underneath abill falling into a compartment 6 is equalized. As shown more clearly inFigs. 3 and 4, the open end of each of the upper compartments 6 isnormally closed by a transparent door embodying a frame 106 pivoted at107 Y to a suitable part of theframe. Preferably the width of the frame106 is less than the Width of the comparment 6, whereby air may escapepast the closure and also through suitable openings 2a formed in therear wall of the compartment. As shown, a chain 108 is secured to thelower central portion of the frame 106, the lower end of the chainextending to the bottom of the lower compartment 7. The chain by itsweight normally maintains the transparent door or closure for the uppercompartment in closed osition and also prevents a bill or bills fiompassing out of the lower com artment. Each of the compartments is reaily accessible for the removal of Vbills therefrom.

Since it is desirable at times to temporarily leave the machine withmoney in the lower compartments, means are provided for prreventingready removal of vthe money om said compartments. For this purpose .asectional cover 109, 109e (Fi s. 1 and 16) is pivoted at 110 to thefront ofg the machine frame the end of section 109 overlapping theadjacent end' of `,section 109m. Section 109 is rovided on its free endwith a plate 111 (F1 16). When the cover 109 is swu upward y to closethe compartments, plate 111 passes below the lower edge of frame 106 andprojects beneath a pair of the flaps 5. Since all of the flaps 5 areoperatively connected for movement in unison, engagement of plate 111under a single pair of the same prevents downward movement of 5 allofthe flaps 5.

and the bill is counted. After the bill has` As before stated, it isdesirable and highly important to facilitate to the .approximate maximumthe handling and temporary storage ofthe paper money from the time it isreceived by an operator, or person entrusted with the asserting andcounting thereof, until it leaves the custody of such person assortedand counted and strapped in pack- V ages. To that end there is providedwhat has been termed an installation unit with said mechanism as a partof such unit. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, such unitary organizationincludes the asserting and counting mechanism supported at opposite endson suitable legs with the electric'motor mounted on the under sidethereof clear of the floor. The operator may sit or stand in front ofsaid mechanism while using the 'same to sort and count money. Awork-table 121 is arranged back to back with said mechanism andsupported .by suitable legs so as to face in a direction opposite thatin which the mechanism faces'. Above the mechanism and work-table thereis a money-receiving cabinet 112 suitably divided interiorly, as byhorizontal partitions 112eI and vertical partitions 1121 to receivemoney both before and after it is assorted and counted by saidmechanism. Cabinet-112 is closedat its top, bottom, sides and back andhas an open front which may be closed by a hinged cover 113 adapted tobe locked upon such occasions as the operator may desire`to leave her orhis installation unit with; bills temporarily stored in the cabinet.Cabinet 112 is rotatably mounted and supported .on a standard 11'4 andthereby adapted to be faced with its Open front either toward theassorting and y counting .mechanism, or toward the table 112. A pin 117engaged through ears 118 on the cabinet and through coo rating bracketarm 119 will secure the ca inet in one position; and the same pin 117engaged through ears 120 on the cabinet and through said bracket arm 119will secure the cabinet in the other position. Money? to bevsorted isplaced in the com artments of the cabinet, and with the o en ront of thelatter faced toward the mec anism saidmoney is assorted and counted bythe use of the mechanism .and into the compartments thereof. As thelower compartments of the mechanism become full the assorted and countedmoney is removed therefrom and placed back inthe compartments of the`cablnet'awaiting applicationof straps. When it comes time to apply thestraps, the cabinet will be rotated 180 to face its open side toward thetable, and the operator now standing before the table' will remove fromthe c'ablnet 112 onto the table 121 ,the packages of money separatedbythe cardboard separators such as lbefore mentioned and will apply tothe 'packages paper bands or straps bearing the desired notations ordata. A file spindle 122 (Figs. 1 and 2) may be provided for receivingthe paper bands taken from the straps of money just prior to passingythe bills into the mechanism for sorting and counting, since these bandsusually carry information which it is desirable to preserve,

pending verification. Sponge-cup 123 may be provided at a convenientpoint on the front of the machine for moistening the fingers in handlinthe money.

Any danger of re from electrical sparks or any likelihood of electricalshocks to the operator are avoided by proper insulation which need notbe' described in detail but which is illustrated in part in thedrawings.

While there has thus been provided a machine which greatly facilitatesand expeditesthe sorting and counting of paper money, it vis to `beunderstood that it is 'designed and adapted for a variety of uses, "suchfor example as counting and sorting checks, bonds, stock, transfers,tickets, etc.

rlhe means forI stopping the rotation of the feed rollers after apredetermined number of bills have been fed into any one compartment areclaimed in a divisional -application iled August 30, 1927, Serial N0.216,414. A

What is claimed is:

Y 1. In a machine for counting paper money,

the combination with a lower feed roll and a cooperating narrower upperfeed roll byv and between which the bills are gripped and fed; ayieldingly supported finger opposing and'normally yieldingly engaging aportion of the surface of the 'lower rollA at oneside of the upper rolland over which portion of the surface of the lower roll bills pass inthe feeding thereof, and said finger being .adapted to be -displacedfrom its said engagement with said surfacefby bills successively passingbetween said Vlinger and said surface; and an electric' circuit in whichsaid finger and its said cooperating surface of the lower roll arecontacts.

2. In a machine for counting paper money, the combination of a pair offeed `rolls by and between which the bills are ipped and fed; ayieldingly supported ger opposing and normally yleldingly engaglng aAportlon of the surface of oneI of c surface `cvzonstituting a contact inan electric.

circuit, of a yieldlngly supported finger also said rolls and over whichsurface bills pass -in the feeding thereof,y said finger being adaptedto be displaced from its said engagement with said surface by billssuc.- eassively passing between said linger and and said surface; and anelectric circuit in which said finger and its saidcooperating surfaceare contacts.

'3. In `a machine for counting paper" money or the like, the combinationwith a feed roll having a surface `adapted 'to' engage bills in thefeeding thereof and said 'gaging said movable contact surface oconstituting a contact in said circuit and normally yieldingly engagingsaid contact surface of the feed roller and adapted to be displaced fromits said engagement by bills successively passing betweensaid `lingerand saidsurface of the feed roller.

4. In a machine for counting paper money4 or the like, the combinationwith a feed member having a movable surface adapted to engage bills inthe feeding thereof and said surface constituting a contact in anelectric circuit, l,of a yieldingly supported finger also constituting aContact in said circuit and normally yieldingl enfysaid feed member andadapted to be displaced from its said engagement by bills successivelypassing between said finger and said surface.

5. In a machine of the class described wherein upper and lower rollersare employed for feeding bills into a compartment and constitute Contactpoints in an electrical circuit which is broken each time a bill passesbetween said points, the combination v.with said rollers of a memberelectrically connected to the upper roller, a resilient element carriedb sa1d member, and means secured to said e ement and normally hav- -ingvengagement with the lower roller for completing the circuit throughsaid rollers. 6. In a machine of the class described wherein upper andlower rollers are employed for feeding billsiinto a compartment andconstitute contact oints in an electrical circuit which is br'o en eachtime a Vbill passes between said points, the combination with saidrollers of a yielding contact for completing an electrical circuitthrough said rollers, said contactbeing moved out of operative positionby the passage of a bill between the rollers.

7. In a machine of the class described wherein up er and lower rollersare em,

plo ed for eeding bills into acompartment an constitute contact pointsin an electrical' ing contacts in a circuit-which includes a'solenoid'and means for countingeach bill -as it is Afed onto said flaps,the combination withv said solenoid Vof an amature foractuating saidflaps, .a second lighter armature 'mounted ad'acent the first-namedarmature and adap to be actuated for controlling the circuit to saidcounting means.

9. A machine of the class described wherein bills are fed by a pair ofrolls onto mova? ble shelves or flaps, said rolls constituting contactsin a circuit which includes a solenoid, and means for. counting eachbill as it is fed onto said flaps, the combination with said solenoid ofan armature means connecting said armature to sald flaps to actuate thesame, and a second armature actuated by said solenoid for controllingthe circuit to said counting means.

10. In a machine forso'rting and counting paper money or the like, thecombination of a plurality of compartments into which bills or the likeare sorted andcounted; a pair of feed rollers individual to eachcompartment and means for rotating jsaid feed rollers; means actuated bythe introduction of a pluralit of superposed bills between a pair of rols for rendering the feed rolls inoperative; a pair of shutters or flapsindividual to each compartment and onto which bills are passed from thefeed rolls;

means for actuating said ap's to drop bills paper money or the like, thecombination of a plurality of compartments into which bills or the likeare sorted and counted; a

' lpair of feed rollers individual to each compartment and means forrotating said feed rollers; means actuated by the introduction ofaplurality of superposed bills between a pair of rollsfor rendering thefeed rolls inoperative; a pair of shutters'or flaps individual to `eachcompartment and onto which bills are passed from the feed rolls; meansfor actuating said fiaps-to drop bills therefrom into the compartments;a counter individual to each pair of feed rolls and means'for actuatineach counter to count bills fed by its said Iced rolls pand manuallyoperable means for putting the machine in" operationeither with thecounters inoperative, or with the counters operative.

12. In a. machine for sorting and counting pa r mone or the like, thecombination o a plura ty of compartments into which bills or thelike aresorted andcounted; a pair of feed rollers individual to each compartmentand ymeans S for rotating saidfeed rollers; means actuated lbythe-introduction of a plurality ofsuperposed bills between a pair .ofrolls for renderingthe feed rolls inoperative; a pair of shutters orflaps individual to each compartment onto which bills are passed fromthev feed rolls; means for actuating said iaps to drop bills therefrominto the compartments; .a counter individual to each pair o`f feed rollsand means for actuating each counter'to count bills fed by its said feedrolls; and a manually operable device having one position in which themachine is rendered operative excluding its said counters, and anotherposition in which the machine is rendered operative including itscounters.

' 13. In a machine of the class described the combination of a pluralityof pairs of feed rolls for feeding bills or the like; a counterindividual to each pair of fee'd rolls and means actuating each counterto count bills fed by its said feed rolls; and means for starting andstopping the machine including an electric switch having one on positionin which the machine is rendered operative excluding its said counters,and another on position in which the machine is rendered operativeincluding its counters.

14. In a machine of the class describedI the combination of a pluralityof pairs o feed rolls for feeding bills or the like; a counterindividual to each pair of feed rolls and means actuating each counterto count bills fed by its said feed rolls; and a manually operabledevice having one position in which the machine is rendered operativeexcluding its said counters', and another position in which the machineis rendered op'- erative including its counters.

15. In a machine of the class described the combination of a pluralityof pairs of feed rolls for feeding bills or the like; a counterindividual to each pair of feed rolls and means Vactuatin each counterto count bills fled by its sai feed rolls; and manually operable meansfor putting the machine in operation either with the countersinoperative or with the counters operative.

16.A In a machine of the class described, the combination of means forfeeding bills or the like; means for stoplpin the machine bytheintroduction of a p urzity of superposed bills into the feedingmeans; means for countin bills fed by the feeding means; and means orstarting and stoppin the machine including an electric switc having oneon positionl in which the machine excluding its said counting means isrendered o erative, and another on position in whicli the machineincludingits counting means is rendered operative.

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination of means forfeeding bills or the like; means for stoplping the machine by theintroductionbf a urality of superor counting bills fed by the feedingmeans; and a manually operable device havin one lao osed bills into thefeed1ng\means; means position in which the machine is ren ered

